Praia de Areabrava, White sand beach in Santo André do Hío, Spain
Praia de Areabrava is a beach in the parish of Santo André do Hío, in the municipality of Cangas, on the coast of the Pontevedra province in Galicia, northwestern Spain. It lies on the Atlantic coast about 500 km west of Madrid, in a region with a mild climate where August averages around 20 °C and December around 8 °C.
Praia de Areabrava lies in the parish of Santo André do Hío, in the municipality of Cangas, on the Morrazo peninsula facing the Ría de Vigo. The source records only its setting in the province of Pontevedra, Galicia, about 500 km northwest of Madrid, and its Atlantic climate, with August averaging 20 °C and December 8 °C. No documented founding event or historic use is recorded for the beach itself.
The beach lies in the parish of Santo André do Hío, in the municipality of Cangas, on the Morrazo peninsula across the Ría de Vigo from the city of Vigo. Its Galician name, Area Brava, is the form used locally; the place is reached from the Hío road network.
Praia de Areabrava lies in the parish of Santo André do Hío, in the municipality of Cangas, on the southern shore of the Ría de Vigo. The sand is white and the beach is reached from the local road network of the O Morrazo peninsula. The climate is mild, with about 14 °C on average and rainfall of roughly 1,807 mm a year, so rain gear is worth carrying outside midsummer.
Praia de Areabrava lies in the parish of Santo André do Hío, in the municipality of Cangas, on the Morrazo peninsula facing the Ría de Vigo. The source records a mean annual temperature of about 14 °C, with August averaging 20 °C and December 8 °C, and roughly 1,807 mm of rain a year, most of it falling in January.
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